Practice GMAT Sentence Correction Question

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In 1986, socialist President Mitterrand was forced to appoint conservative Jacques Chirac as prime minister, resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation, where him and Chirac governed together..

A)	resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation, where him and Chirac governed together.
B)	resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation, where them governed together.
C)	where him and Chirac governed together, resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation.
D)	where he and Chirac, resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation, governed together.
E)	resulting in a period known as the Cohabitation, where he and Chirac governed together.

Correct Answer: E

In the underlined portion two people govern together. They are the subjects of the sentence. The pronoun him is an objective pronoun, meaning it is used to show the object of a sentence. Thus it in the wrong case and must be changed to he- the subjective pronoun: (1) him and Chirac governed together. OR (2) he and Chirac governed together.

Uses him, an objective pronoun in place of the subject.
Uses them, another objective pronoun. They would be correct.
Uses him, an objective pronoun in place of the subject.
Sentence structure confuses meaning: it seems that he and Chirac resulted in a period known as Cohabitation
contains pronoun agreement without sacrificing meaning or flow.

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